Oh Jerusalem - Lauryn Hill Oh Jerusalem Realizing that theres no place else to go And theres nobody I know who can help me Textbook solutions are so improbable Cause everybody else is just as empty Naked as the day that I was born, I tried to hide Behind education and philosophy Hopeless explanation to describe a situation I cant see because the worlds on top of me Oh wretched man that I am, who will deliver me From the body of this death? Freeing me from dust, and the superficial trust Of an enemy that seeks to take my breath Failing to connect cause Im morally defect By reason of the God inside my head Causing me to see only what pertains to me Believing Im alive when Im still dead Limited to earth, unable to find out my worth Cause I cant see past my own vanity If Im not included, then I just have to remove it From my mind because it has to be insanity Oh wretched man that I am, who will deliver me From the body of this death? Can I even factor, that Ive only been an actor In this staged interpretation of this day Focused on the shadow, with my back turned to the light Too intelligent to see its me in the way What a paradox, having God trapped in a box All this time professing to be spiritual Naturally pretending, that Im actually defending God through my facade, dont need material Oh Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness That thou mayest be saved from thy deception How long shall thy faith lodge lies within thee? Oh Jerusalem, keeping thee from perfection Submit to truth, leave the deception of thy youth So we could walk in the council of authority Forget the proof, our generation so aloof Only follow in the steps of the majority Trust in the Lord with all thy heart And lay not to thine, oh an understanding in all thy ways Acknowledge Him, and He shall direct our paths Be not wise in thine own eyes and you can follow him We judge and condemn, just as ignorant as them Who religion tells us that we should ignore Perpetrating were in covenant with Him Exposed by the very things that we adore We grin and shake hands, then lay ambush for the man Who has a different point of view then us Infuriated cause he doesnt understand Bringing up those things we dont want to discuss Why still do evil, we dont know how to do good Walking on in darkness running from the light Led to believe, because we live in neighborhoods Telling us whats going on will be alright Oh so repressed, so convinced that I was blessed When I played with my game of Monopoly Oh to suggest, that my life is still a mess Who reveal the pride Im hiding is whats stopping me Abide in me and I in you, as the branch cannot bear Fruit of itself except in the vine I am the vine, ye are the branches, he that lives in me And I in him, the same bring forth much fruit Without me, you can do nothing Oh Jerusalem, youre traditions have deceived you Ive chosen you, you havent chosen me Do whatsoever, you asking my name he may give to you But in vain they call my name Teaching doctrines just the same Justified among themselves But God know with the heart, what man esteemed as smart Is an abomination to Emmanuel Just repent, turn from selfish motivation So iniquity will not cause your demise Make you a new heart and a new spirit For why would he die? Oh Jerusalem, please tell me why I have no pleasure in the death of him to die Says the Lord God where forth turn yourselves and live Its not the talkers, but the talkers and His Word Are the only ones the Father will forgive Oh Jerusalem... https://youtube/watch?v=e_dbDO9gfO4
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:32:59 +0000
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